Bioresource Engineering
Biotechnologies for green chemicals and durg discovery

Plants and seaweeds possess photosynthetic abilities, allowing them to absorb and fix carbon dioxide from the environment and store it as carbohydrates. By breaking down, saccharifying, and fermenting these renewable biomasses with microorganisms, we aim to chemically convert them into key compounds, while also using cultured microorganisms as a fish meal substitute protein to obtain antibodies that can be used for treatment.

Main Research Themes
- Biorefinary for GHG reduction
- Green chemical production by sorghum
- Single chain antibody (scFv) production for CAR-T cell therapy
- Reborn at Fukushima Hamanori by new bioindustry

Professor of Biomolecular Engineering at the Green X-tech Research Center
Yutaka TAMARU
The Tamura Laboratory aims to produce green chemicals from the resource crop sorghum using cutting-edge bioengineering. Additionally, we are working towards affordable cancer immunotherapy by supplying tailor-made CAR-T cell therapy single-chain antibodies (scFv) using goldfish (bubble eye).